The skill to distinguish on whether the extra work will help you get paid more in the future is essential. Developing this skill makes it a bet instead of just working more.

Don't you think it's a good thing that hacker news isn't a monolith on their beliefs?

Of course it is good. I'm just pointing out how large the gap in narrative is.

On one hand, we have people quitting their job believing AI will end humanity in few years. And on the other hand, we have people believing that this tech is nothing more than a statistical tool stealing from others and it can't be trusted with anything.

Both views can't be true.

Then it’s not a narrative and you have different people believing different things and adding to the discussion. I think this is a good thing.

Agreed yes.

When the cleanliness doesn't serve existing or future requirements.

Exactly, architecture for its own sake is debt on day 1.

It's just convenient to mix in shaker bottle and have food sometimes. I feel like for people who eat to live [1] it's clearly saves time.

[1] as opposed to live to eat

I agree if the money was given to organizations which would actually effectively use the money to make road safety changes. But with this form of claim I always come back to the idea this was originally funded by corporations. I don't think the opportunity cost of corporate funding is public infrastructure unless it's profit motivated. So if it makes safety improvements at low safety per $ I still support it because its opportunity cost is more likely ads or other corporate investments.

Anecdotally I find the ones into protein at least have a moderate amount of physical activity. So probably not too big of a deal? I find articles using dramatic words for an article without any metrics on effect sizes the epitome of modern journalism.

A lot of protein bros are all about muscle size and not much else. It's better than being a couch potatoe but it's far from optimal

Size or strength both depend on a ton if protein. I don’t know what your objection is.

Protein bros? Why so angry? Do you think hypertrophy and strength are not correlated?

You can def get one without much of the other, but since both require at least moderate physical activity, “too much” protein isn’t applicable.

I would describe them as pessimistic rather than irrational. They just believe that instead of going with an option like you proposed, companies will push toward unregulated options.

Since I don't know their backgrounds and don't have any background working with video game company executives it's hard to tell which options are more likely.

The console price point will go up too and set different expectations.

I do think the general purpose screens of today are doing a disservice for education. There are too many possible distractions a child isn't prepared to resist yet. But it could enable more advanced workflow for personalized learning.

I think the k-shaped economy where some people are financially succeeding while the rest go through hardship is a reflection of a k-shaped education system where those who are able to ignore the distractions and succeed are doing well. The top of the k can use more edtech as they just need tools for further educational attainment. Things modern edtech can bring. The bottom of the k has different needs.

Isn't this normal? I thought that's how it typically works when an employee leaves a company with any method.

When laying people off, better companies will often accelerate vesting so that the departing employees get additional stock. For example, Google does this:

We’ll also offer a severance package starting at 16 weeks salary plus two weeks for every additional year at Google, and accelerate at least 16 weeks of GSU vesting.

https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/j...

Google did this in 2023, and this blog was a good PR move to make people think they are still doing this today.

OK but for most people a 16-week acceleration is still forfeiting 92% of unvested shares.

By the same logic, wouldn't 4 months of severance pay be equivalent to forfeiting 92% of salary?

For something paid at regular intervals like RSUs, you really should never be looking at the total value of the grant, and instead think of it in terms of how many shares per paycheck/month/quarter/year you vest.

If you've got a cliff coming up, that's different. I'd be pissed if a company laid me off 11.5 months into a 12 month cliff or a few weeks before an annual bonus and didn't accelerate the vesting / bonus.

That's exactly my point. "Losing" your RSUs is the same as losing all your other income that you did not earn because you don't work there any more.

Would you rather forfeit 100% of unvested shares? Because that's what you signed up for.

The point is, you're getting shares for 16 weeks + ${years_employment * 2} additional weeks, and you don't have to work those weeks. It's comp that, according to the terms you agreed to when you accepted the job, you are not entitled to. You're getting it as an unearned parting gift.

Yes, it sucks to be laid off. But it sucks a little less if you get a parting gift that for many of the more senior folks will run into six figures.

Would you rather have that parting gift or not? Because some companies don't give you one when when they lay you off.

That's what the contract would typically say. But it's not uncommon to have accelerated vesting either when parting on good terms or with severance.